Best Discontinued Breakfast Foods
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There’s something about food that evokes vivid memories, especially when you can no longer eat it but feel like you can still taste it. Such is the case with breakfast foods that have disappeared over the years yet remain firmly in the hearts and stomachs of many.
Cereal can conjure up some of the deepest feels, and rightfully so — you ate it every day, sometimes two or three times a day. And your favorites are not the only items missing from the breakfast table.
Get ready to feel nostalgic and hungry.
Related: Best Discontinued Snack Foods
Eggs Benedict McMuffin
Made by: McDonald’s
When it launched: 2001
When it was discontinued: 2001
Bottom line: What’s funny about this item, which was introduced as part of a promotion with the Disney movie “Atlantis: The Lost Empire,” is that the original Egg McMuffin was designed to be a to-go version of eggs Benedict when it debuted in the 1970s.
“American cheese is tangy enough to be a somewhat decent stand-in for Hollandaise sauce,” said no French person ever.
Hidden Treasures Cereal
Made by: General Mills
When it launched: 1993
When it was discontinued: 1994
Bottom line: What made this cereal so fun was the fact that there was a fruity interior in some squares and nothing at all in others.
Hidden Treasures even had its own robot mascot. Its only job was to try to figure out which squares contained the artificial goodness.
